Plate-lifter.



PATENTED MAR. 8, 1904.

. G. S. SOLOMON.

' PLATE LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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l nt-ant are n EMLEFTEIHE SPEGEFXGATZQIH forming part of Letters Patent No. ?54,250, dated March 8, 199 1.

' Application filed April 23, 1903. Serial No. 153,976 (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 'l, GnononS. SOLOMON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bi'sbee, in the county of Cochise and Territory of Arizona, have invented new and useful Ian- 1 provements in Plate-Lifters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has reference to certain novel and useful improvements in devicesi'or grasp ing the edge or flange of plates, pans, or the liketo permit such articles to be IXlOVGdfl'OIIl place to place without necessitating the hands of a person coming in contact with the same.

' fall from the gripping-jaws and thereby spill the contents thereof.

With the above'recited objects and others of a similar nature in view the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement oi parts, as is described in this specification, shown in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved device applied to a utensil and illustrating the manner of using the same. ig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of my device, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3. of Fig. 2.

In the annexed drawings, wherein I have, illustrated my invention, 5 designates a rod or strip of wire or any otherv like material from which the holder is formed, such rod or strip being bent or doubled centrally at 6 to form two members or arms 7 and 8 approximately equal in length, such arms extending parallel for a greater portion of their length and being bent inwardly to form the shoulders 9 and 10, the end portions of the arms then diverging, as at 11 and 12, the extren1ities of such end portions being curved or bent to-iorni hooks 13 and 1%, these books being adapted when the device is'in its'operative po: sition to grasp the edge or flange of a plate or pan. Arranged centrally between the arms is a central rod 15, which; is-bent or at one end around the doubled or looped portion 6 ofthe main frame, as shown at 16, the

opposite end portion 17 of this central rod terminating and lying at the point of conver- 'gence of the arms 7 and 8, or, in other words, between the shoulders 9 and 10.. In order to twisted I form a structure which shall possess durability and rigidity, the two arms and the central rod 17 are bound together at the point of 'con-.

vergence by acoil' or band ofwire or similar material, as shown at 18. Movably mounted upon the parallel arms or members is a slide- 19, formed of any suitable material, said slide having lugs'QO and 21 formed thereon, these lugs being apertured to permit the passage therethrough of the central rod 15. The lug 20,'which extends downwardly, has its estrem" ity or end..portion curved or bent outward, as at'22, to form atongue adapted to engage with the edge or flange of a pan or dish, as is flange Ellis curved or bent upwardly, as at 23, to form a thumb-rest for moving along the rods, such lug 21 then extending downward, the extremity Qi-aiiording a hold for the fingers, the construction being such that by grasping the parts 23 and 24 the slide may be easily shifted or moved, In order to 'quickly and rapidly move the tongue 22 in contact with the rim or flange of a pan when it is desired to grasp the same, an expansionspring 25 is coiled about the rod 15, the ends of, the spring abutting, respectively, against From the above description, talren in connection with the accompanying drawings, thepan opposite the part engaging with the hooks. I

the slide 3 i the lug 21' and the loop portion 16 of the cenclearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The opposite holding the slide The slide is then released, and the expansionspring quickly and. rapidly pushes such slide forward, thereby causing the tongue 22 to 7 as newand desire to secure by Letters 'Patent-- 1. Alifting device comprising arms formed of a single piece of material and extendingparallel with each other the greater portion of their distance, the end portions of said arms diverging relatively to each other, inwardlyturned hooks formedat the extremities of said end portions, a rod extending longitudinally between parallel portions of the arms said rod being shorter than the arm? and terminating some distance from the ends thereof, a band binding one end of the rod to the arms, a slide movable along the parallel arms, a lug formed on said slide through which the rod extends a One of the main end pan-engaging tongue formed on the slide, and tension means adapted to bear against the slide and normally press the latter toward the hooked extremities of the arms,-substantially as set forth.

2. A lifting device comprising arms formed of asingle piece of material doubled approximately con tral, said arms having hooks formed at the extremities thereof, a rod relatively shorter than said arms, and arranged centrally between the same, a slide movable along the arms, a pan-engaging tongue formed at one the slide, said tongue and lug having apertures therein for the passage of a rod, and a coiled tension-sprlng encircling the rod and of said slide, a lug at the opposite end of normally bearing against the lug for pressing the slide toward the hooked ends of the arms, substantially set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname V to this specification in the presence of two subscribing wltnesses.

, enonen s. SOLOMON. Witnesses: I i

M. J BROWN, F. FRAZEE. 

